*New* Digital world: Mindful moments timer
Exploring the concept of mindfulness and writing design criteria to develop a programmed product for timing a mindful moment.
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*New* Digital world: Mindful moments timer
Please note
This unit includes new teacher and pupil videos, with an increased focus on evaluation and the use of a virtual Micro:bit. The Archived unit: Year 4: Digital world: Mindful moments timer will no longer be updated.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- State and/or describe the advantages and disadvantages of existing products (timers).
- Understand how virtual micro:bit features could be used as part of a design idea.
- Use research to inform design criteria.
- Write a program that displays a timer on the virtual micro:bit based on their chosen seconds/minutes.
- Suggest where the errors are, if testing is unsuccessful, by comparing the correct code to their own.
- State key functions in the program editor (e.g. loops).
- Evaluate the immediate appeal of the virtual micro:bit timer and how it might function.
- Express which stages of the project they enjoyed or found more challenging.
- Explain the need for a company to stand out against competition and/or state the importance of logos in business.
- Recall and describe the name and use of key tools used in Sketchpad (CAD) software.
- Fulfil the design requirements of the logo.
- Evaluate the product using feedback from the user.
Suggested prior learning
*New* Digital world: Wearable technology
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Analysing timers
- To evaluate existing products.
Lesson 2: Designing for the user
- To develop design criteria.
Lesson 3: Programming the timer
- To program and control a product.
Lesson 4: Prototypes
- To develop and communicate ideas.
Lesson 5: Brand identity
- To develop ideas through computer-aided design.
Lesson 6: An Exhibition
- To consider feedback and evaluate.
Key knowledge
Related content
Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – D&T: Y4 Digital world: Mindful moments timer
A visual summary document to support pupils' learning in the Y4 Mindful moments timer unit.
Vocabulary display: Mindful moments timer
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Mindful moments timer unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
PSHE: Choices about healthy lifestyle and the importance of mental health.
Computing: Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals.
Maths: Geometry – properties of shapes.